Donkin-Album of Old Photographs (SP)-M/PN

Album of Old Photographs by Christine Donkin is a set of short pieces written mostly in a romantic style. The prelude begins in a contemporary (although tonal) harmonic language and gradually carries the listener "back in time" to a more romantic tonality. The five "photographs" hint at a possible story connecting the different images, but these connections are intentionally ambiguous. During the postlude, the harmony gradually shifts back to a contemporary style to finish the composition as it began.

Written in 5 movements -
Prelude & Portrait of a Little Girl
At the Fair
Pleasant Evening on the Beach
Young Man in Uniform
A Path Through the Trees & Postlude

Instrumentation -
Marimba (4.3 octave, 4 mallets)
Piano

Difficulty - Grade 4

Christine Donkin was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta. She holds degrees from the University of Alberta and University of British Columbia, and currently lives in Ottawa. Her instrumental, choral, and pedagogical music has won awards in national and international competitions, and has been performed and broadcast all over the continent and beyond. In addition to her work as a composer and piano instructor, she is active as an adjudicator, clinician, judge, and guest speaker at educational events across Canada.